Platform
Changelog
A record of significant updates to Decolonising Archive. We aim to update this page with every meaningful change to the platform.
30 May 2026
0.9 — Public Beta Launch
- Opened platform to public beta — any user can now create an account
- Added Community Reading Commons: post reflections, notes, and reading paths
- Added Workbench: document, board, and canvas project tools for researchers
- Added public member profiles accessible from the community
- Added admin analytics dashboard with session and search tracking
- Added cultural care, community guidelines, and takedown pages
- Added feedback and bug report system
- Added source suggestion workflow
- Added onboarding checklist for new members
- Improved footer with links to all trust and policy pages
26 May 2026
0.8 — Community Reading Commons
- Introduced community post reactions (useful/save)
- Added inline comment threads to community posts
- Added tag and topic browsing for community posts
- Improved community post card layout and accessibility
April 2026
0.7 — Workbench Collaboration
- Added real-time collaboration to Workbench documents and boards
- Added comment anchoring and inline comment threads in documents
- Added project review and extraction modules for research projects
March 2026
0.6 — Curator Tools
- Added curator editorial workflow for reviewing and contextualising records
- Introduced reading list sharing and export
- Added saved search management in member workspace
February 2026
0.5 — Library Search Foundations
- Launched library search across OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, and CrossRef
- Added record saving, bookmarking, and reading list creation
- Introduced external source aggregator and scholarly search cache